South Asia Features

Pakistan Flood Pictures August 8th

By James Wray Aug 8, 2010, 19:26 GMT

A view of rising flood water in Sukkur Barrage in Sindh province Pakistan on 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of KhyberPakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/NADEEM KHAWER

A flood victim wades through water as he flees the flooded areas in Pannu Aqil in Sindh province Pakistan on 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of KhyberPakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/NADEEM KHAWER

Flood victims flee the flooded areas in Pannu Aqil in Sindh province Pakistan on 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of KhyberPakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/NADEEM KHAWER

A flood victim flees flooded areas near Kalwar village in Sindh province Pakistan on 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of KhyberPakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/NADEEM KHAWER

Flood victims put sand bags on self-help basis to strengthen the banks of river Indus in Kalwar village as flood water approaches Sindh province Pakistan on Sindh province Pakistan on 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of KhyberPakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/NADEEM KHAWER

An aerial view of flooded areas in Mehmood Kot, in southern Punjab province Pakistan on 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of KhyberPakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/MK CHAUDHRY

An aerial view of submerged railway station of Mehmood Kot in southern Punjab province Pakistan on 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of KhyberPakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/MK CHAUDHRY

Flood victims receive relief goods distributed by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the flooded areas around Nowshera, chief city of Nowshera District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, 08 August 2010. The UNHCR provided flood victims with buckets and tents. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB EPA/BILAWAL ARBAB

Flood victims flee the flooded areas in Dera Ismail Khan, a town of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/SAOOD REHMAN

People receive food aid in the flooded areas around Nowshera, chief city of Nowshera District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, 08 August 2010. The food is provided by some philanthropists who visit the flooded areas occasionally. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/BILAWAL ARBAB

Flood victims stand on higher ground in the flooded areas in Dera Ismail Khan, a town of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/SAOOD REHMAN

A young girl stands in the rain in the flooded areas around Nowshera, chief city of Nowshera District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

A flood victim in the flooded areas around Nowshera, chief city of Nowshera District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

Flood victims have a meal in the flooded areas around Nowshera, chief city of Nowshera District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, 08 August 2010. More than 1500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. The worst floods the country has faced in several decades washed away millions of hectares of crops, submerged villages and destroyed roads and bridges in the north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the eastern province of Punjab. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB EPA/BILAWAL ARBAB